Language in Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye”
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A six page paper looking at the way J.D. Salinger’s use of language brings his protagonist’s teenage angst to life. The paper looks particularly at Holden’s use of the second person “you”, and his repetitions of the words “crazy” and “phony.” Bibliography lists six sources.
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Salinger's 'Catcher' and Lee's 'Mockingbird'
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A five page paper looking at J.D. Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye' and Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in terms of the way each author uses theme, plot, tone, and characterization to expand the reader’s sense of life’s possibilities and help us make decisions about how to put those possibilities into action in our own lives. No additional sources.
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The Works of J. D. Salinger
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8 pages in length. The author discusses Catcher in the Rye, 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish', and 'Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut' In these stories Salinger portrays a sense of hopelessness in his choice of main characters. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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What is a Phony According to Holden?
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In 5 pages the author discusses the topic of phoniness according to Holden Caulfield in 'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger. 'There are many themes tackled in J. D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', but none is more compelling than Holden Caulfield's critique of phonies. 'The Catcher in the Rye' brought the reader a teenager that seemed to grow tired and weary of school and the world around him. Hypocrisy and phonies were everywhere. Holden Caulfield called them as he saw them. One of the most often used words in Holden Cauldfied's lexicon is 'phony'. Holden hated ‘phonies', those people who have an attitude. In 'The Catcher in the Rye', Holden is constantly detecting sham motives in the people around him.' Bibliography lists 1 source.
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ANALYSIS OF FROST’S “THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN”
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This 5-page paper is an analysis and interpretation of Robert Frost's poem, "The Death of the Hired Man." The themes of home and loneliness are touched on in this essay. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Reiman: "The Rich Get Richer"
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This 6 page paper examines Jeffrey Reiman's book, "The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison." Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Analysis of So Much Water So Close to Home
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This 5 page paper provides an analysis of this short story by Raymond Carver. The author’s development of characters and setting is highlighted. No bibliography.
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Raymond Carver's 'Cathedral' / Moving the Blind to See
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A 6 page essay presenting Carver's de-insulation of the narrator of this short story by way of positively characterizing a blind man as the mentor in the process of helping the narrator become conscious. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Bryant's 'Thanatopsis'
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A six page paper looking at this once-famous poem by William Cullen Bryant, a nineteenth-century poet who himself has somewhat fallen into oblivion. The paper looks closely at the poem's argument that Nature provides solace from the fear of Death, and shows why this appealed to a nation coming out of the stranglehold of Puritanism. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter: A Love Story
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There have been a plethora of evaluations of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Most critiques focus on the religious organization of the Puritan society, the laws and consequences that made 'sin' a criminal act as well as socially reprehensible. The relationships between the characters has been examined in detail. This 5 page paper argues that The Scarlet Letter is, at it's core, a love story. No additional sources are listed.
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Hope Leslie
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A 5 page paper discussing the book 'Hope Leslie' by Catherine Maria Sedgwick. This is a novel set in early America and deals with the subject matter of the Native Americans and other prevalent issues of the day, in a completely different manner than perhaps any book has before. Sedgwick approaches her subject matter from a very skeptical, and obviously disgruntled, position in which she examines puritanical attitudes and the position of women in society. No additional sources cited.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter' / Religious Oppression
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A 6 page paper analyzing Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel in terms of the oppression of Puritan society in the colonial period of American history. After providing a background on the Puritan faith in general, the paper looks at Hawthorne's novel to show how Hester refused to succumb to the oppression of her society. Bibliography lists six sources.
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